Nuclear organization of cholinergic, putative catecholaminergic and serotonergic nuclei in the brain of the eastern rock elephant shrew, Elephantulus myurus

Journal of Chemical Neuroanatomy

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 175-188

  Pieters, Raymond P ^a   Gravett, Nadine ^a   Fuxe, Kjell ^b   Manger, Paul R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Adrenalin; Afrotheria; Dopamine; Evolution; Noradrenalin; Serotonin

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; SEROTONIN; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ANIMAL ANATOMY; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN NUCLEUS; CATECHOLAMINERGIC SYSTEM; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHOLINERGIC NERVE CELL; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; ELEPHANT; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANIMALS; BRAIN; CATECHOLAMINES; CHOLINE O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; SEROTONIN; SHREWS; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE;

EID: 76049106293     PISSN: 08910618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jchemneu.2010.01.001     Document Type: Article

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